Systems, systems engineering, market drivers and emerging technology enablers

Systems engineering has changed. The demand for higher levels of performance, interconnectivity and differentiation by customers has increased dramatically compared with times past. Concurrently, recent advances in methods, tools and techniques for designing complex products are available that can empower engineering teams today with radically new approaches for ensuring performance, enhance reliability and reduce lifecycle cost. In this climate in increasing expectation, engineering processes that were successful in the past for simpler systems are inadequate - indeed, may even fail catastrophically - for the design of complex products. This is especially true for products that require the co-design of integrated hardware and software components, which is typical of system offerings in the market today. UTC invests in systems engineering. This talk will present a working definition of systems engineering that is useful across large “cyber-physical” systems that are found in aerospace and building sectors that are particularly needed to innovate effectively in developing products that address energy efficiency issues.